Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-06-04

"a The boat, and 50 sent aud saved 20. And
I'ow farewell. But stay. toll mo OF this
80 h--tho Lon, as the old mum calls him. /
F9nld look upon him, but be Is sick, thou
-ryest-siclt with the fever. and also wounded
\ tho fray.D
VIC Is very sick" / answered, sadly.
ssLsnst thou do nothing Tor him, ON, queen,
VIC knowest 80 mnch.1
WI surety can. can euro him; but
.yhy spealxcst thou SO sadlyl Dost thou love
he YOUTH Is he perchanoe thy soni"
saHe Is my adopted son, oh, queen Shall
II II brought in before thee1D
,1Nay. How long hath the fever taken
iimF
"This Is the third day"
"Good; then let him lilo mother day. Then
VII no perchance throw 1t off by his own
trength. and that Is better than that Ishould
urey1 im, for my medicine is of n sort to
4ke' tho life In its very citadel II, how
tlr, by tomorrow night, at that hour when
Ehe fever Erst took him, he doth not begin to
iess, then viii come to him and cure him.
ay. who nurses himg
Dur white servant, he whom Billali names
APlg; also'--and here / spoke with some
ttIe hesitation--aa woman named Ustane, q
cry handsome woman of this country, who
anne Qnd kissed Em yhen first she saw him,
nd Nath stayed by llm ever since, as UNI
erstand Is tho fashion of thy people, oh,
ueen"
'.Aly people Speak not to me Of my peo-
le," she answered hastily; "these slaves are
people Of mino; they are but dogs to do
8 " bidding till the day of my redemption
mi - fI.ofs 4
do with them. Also, coll me not queen
s Jam sick Of ilnttcry and titlos-calls me
Il yesnh; the name hath sweet sound in
inc ears; it is an echo from the past. Asfor
is Ustane, know not. wonder II it DO
e against whom was warned, and whom
turn did warn? Hath she-stay, win
e;" and bending forward, she passed her
lndA over the font of water and gnzed in
unity into 1t. "See,n she said quietly, dis
Vat the woman
Nj looked into tho water, and there, mir.
! red upon its placid surface was the sill
puette OF distances stately face. She was
lnling forward, with look of infinite ten
heN upon her features, watching some
lbg bkreath her, and with her chestnut
sks falling on TO her right shoulder.
VT IL She" said, in low voice, for once
pre- felt much disturbed at this most UNI
mmon sight "She watches Leo sleep"
Lear I'D Ayesha, in an absent voice;
ny thafis lion in tho Latin tongue The
man hath named happily for once. 1t is
Try strange" she went on--"very. So like
Il is not impossible" With an impatient
sture she passed her hand over the water
&c more. Itdarkened, and the image van
bed silently and mysteriously as it had
sen, and once more the lamp light. and
lamp light only, shone ON the placid sur
be Of that limpid, living mirror.
Hast thou nught to ask me before thou
est, oh HollyT she said, after a few mo-
ITS reflection. at is but a rude life that
v j Islist live here, for these people are saw
es, and know not tho ways of cultivated
IN. Not that am troubled thereby, for,
hold my food" and she pointed to tho fruit
on the little table. "Naught but fruit doth
r. pass my nps-fruit and little water
We hidden my girls to wait upon thee
III are mutes, thou knowest, deaf are they
dumb, and therefore the safest Of SER
nts, save to those who can read their faces
Il their signs. | bred them so; It hath
Zen many centuries and much trouble, but
ashI have succeeded. Once | succeeded
ore, but the race was too ugly, so did
ay with 1t; but now, as thou seest, they
otherwise Once, too, bred race Of
nts, Sat after while Nature would no
re or it, and 1t died away. Hast thou
lit to ask OF mep
Ay,one thing, oh Ayesha," said, boldly,
feeling by no means as bold as l trust
ked. III would gaze upon thy face"
he Laughed out in her bell like notes. @Be-
blk Tree Holly" she answered-"cethink
e. It seems that thou knowest the old
tbs Of the gods OF Greece Was there not
ActSeon who persisted miserably because
looked on too much bcautyi II show
my face, percbance thou wouldst perish
erably also; perchance thou wouldst eat
thy heart in impotent desire; for know
pa not for thee; am for no man, save one
hath been, but is not yet.
Asthou wilt, Ayesha," said. ~ fear
thy beauty have put my heart away
n such vanities as woman's loveliness, that
pes like flower"
Nay, thou errest," she said; "that docs not
Ny beauty endures oven as / endure
II thou wilt, oh rash man, have thy will
blane not mo IL passion mount thy rea-
asthe Egyptian breakers used to mount
Prise, and guide it whittier thou wilt not
err may the man to whom my beauty hath
unveiled put IL from his mind, and
sfore even with these savages do &c
Ed lest they vex mo and l should slay
D. Say, wilt thou sect"
will, l answered, my curiosity overpow.
me.
70 lifted her white and rounded arms
pr had l seen such arms beforehand
Fly, very slowly, withdrew sons fastening
bath her hair. Then all of sudden the
corpse like wrappings fell from her and
eyes travelled up her form, now only
d in garb Of clinging white that did but
to show Its perfect and imperial shape
ncewish life that was more than life
with certain serpent like grace that
more than human. On her little feet
sandals fastened with studs Of gold
came ankles more perfect than ever
btor dreamed Of. About the waist hel
10 kirtle was fastened by double headed
e.of solid gold, above which her graciou:
swelled up in lines as pure as they
lovely, till the kirtle ended or
snowy argent of hcr breast, WHEREOF
brms were folded. gazed above then
~ If face and--I do not exaggerate- shrunl
blinded and amazed. l have heard o.
eauty of celestial beings; now ! saw it
Al. u. ali Il lrN.,,